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9/13/2011 6:03PM

LeapPad Explorer an Ideal Tablet for Children

The LeapPad Explorer is a great tool to assist a child's early learning. WSJ's Katherine Boehret says although it's far bulkier than an iPad, parents will like the tablet's strict access to the Internet and a child-proof case and screen.

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I ... Cantor at Wall Street Journal ... if your kid the race trying to grab here I pad maybe next time you can hand them dance ... this is the iPad explore it comes from the private enterprises ... the company well known for its child Education Play ... the Leap attics Fleur has a built in microphone or camera video camera I live ... and they have a touchscreen may continue with that silence over their stubby fingers ... the Fed comes in green Arpey ... and specially designed to be key in pre ... made with AXT are top class six p m to wrap it repeatedly and the concrete floor and it will not break ... the special my alert piece on the top of that screens that even at the screen does break ... a bow on Saturday and South Africa can ... and it also has the special metal frame around that screen though it seems that three more sturdy and play ... again if it drops which happens a lot of children ... the thing about this tablet is that you can download apps for its by connecting it to the computer or you can often used cartridges which Randwick premium ... products from elite private company ... that has really nice preparing invested a lot of money in cartridges or other devices ... and they don't have to throw them away ... and careful really like that you can see connect to the Internet on this to buy if they don't have to worry about the child chatting with people are uploading photos ... they have to connect their devices to their parents' computer ... in order to download the app sending out the need of care and password to do so ... wasn't that great things about leapfrog products and this product in particular it did think that froth it automatically adjust As the child goes ... to do better with that canceling the child the reading levels ... are Mapp levels are fine Flavell automatically so if for example a child has registered on the tonight thing here she is in fourth grade ... and is reading at a better level it will congratulate him or her ... and pump them up slightly ... in the child is not reading are performing at that level ... it will bring the child down but will not tell the child about it though the Qantas now they think that he or she is doing poorly ... and they can do well on this to buy it at a different level and not necessarily have to know about it ... off the track their child's progress whenever the fifth played into their computer ... is this something that I get a lot of information to the Canfor they can follow along and see how their kid is doing ... even though this tablet with a little time here than something you or I might like ... let the kids ages four through nine might really like